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The Imo State Police Command has successfully arrested three individuals linked to the kidnapping of a 48-year-old businessman, Sabinus Ibe, in Owerri.   Police spokesperson Henry Okoye, while parading the suspects before journalists, identified them as Favour Dike (22), Ifeanyi Kingsley (30), and Wisdom Chikodi (31).   According to the police report, Ibe was abducted in Egbu, Owerri, on the evening of February 22, 2025. Following a thorough investigation, law enforcement operatives apprehended the suspects on March 18. The breakthrough came after a ₦2 million ransom transaction was traced to a Moniepoint account registered to Dike, who operated a POS business at the Timber and Allied Market.   Upon questioning, Dike admitted to receiving the ransom under the instruction of Kingsley, a trader at the same market. Kingsley later disclosed that he provided Dike’s POS account details at the request of Chikodi, whom police identified as a key member of the gang. ...